# 鴨蛋
## Chinese
### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yādàn
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄉㄢˋ
    (Chengdu, Sichuanese Pinyin): ya$^2$ dan$^4$
* Cantonese (Jyutping): aap$^3$ daan$^{6-2}$
* Gan (Wiktionary): ngat$^6$ tan$^5$
* Jin (Wiktionary): iah$^4$ dan$^3$
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^7$aq-de$_6$
* Xiang (Changsha, Wiktionary): nga$^6$ dan$^5$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yādàn
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄉㄢˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yadàn
*** Wade–Giles: ya$^1$-tan$^4$
*** Yale: yā-dàn
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iadann
*** Palladius: ядань (jadanʹ)
*** Sinological IPA : /jä⁵⁵ tän⁵¹/
** (Chengdu)
*** Sichuanese Pinyin: ya$^2$ dan$^4$
*** Scuanxua Ladinxua Xin Wenz: iadan
*** Sinological IPA : /ia²¹ tan²¹³/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: aap$^3$ daan$^{6-2}$
*** Yale: aap dáan
*** Cantonese Pinyin: aap$^8$ daan$^{6-2}$
*** Guangdong Romanization: ab$^3$ dan$^{6-2}$
*** Sinological IPA : /aːp̚³ taːn²²⁻³⁵/
* Gan
** (Nanchang)
*** Wiktionary: ngat$^6$ tan$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋat̚⁵ tʰan¹¹/
* Jin
** (Taiyuan)
*** Wiktionary: iah$^4$ dan$^3$
*** Sinological IPA (old-style): /iaʔ² tæ̃⁴⁵/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^7$aq-de$_6$
*** MiniDict: ah$^入$ de$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^4$aq-de$_3$
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /aʔ³³ de⁴⁴/
* Xiang
** (Changsha)
*** Wiktionary: nga$^6$ dan$^5$
*** Sinological IPA : /ŋa̠²⁴ tan²¹⁻¹¹/

### Noun

鴨蛋
* duck egg
* (figurative, humorous) score of zero; goose egg

#### Synonyms

* (duck egg):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 鴨卵, 鴨子 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 鴨蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鴨子兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 鴨蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 鴨蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 鴨蛋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鴨蛋, 鴨子兒 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 鴨蛋, 鴨巴子蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 鴨蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 鴨蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 鴨蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 鴨蛋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guilin | 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanning (Wuming) | 鴨蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鴨蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 鴨春 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鴨春 |
| Cantonese | Gaozhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Nanning (Tanka) | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 鴨蛋 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 鴨蛋 |
| Gan | Pengze | 鴨子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鴨蛋 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 鴨架架 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 鴨春, 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Changting | 鴨嫲蛋 |
| Hakka | Longyan (Xiayang, Yongding) | 鴨嫲卵, 鴨春, 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Gongguan; N. Sixian) | 鴨卵, 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (Zhuolan; N. Sixian) | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Wuluo, Ligang; S. Sixian) | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Meinong; S. Sixian) | 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Kaohsiung (Shanlin; S. Sixian) | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 鴨卵, 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 鴨卵, 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 鴨卵, 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Luchuan (Daqiao) | 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Chengdu (Hexingchang) | 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Weiyuan (Guanyingtan) | 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Yilong (Ma'an) | 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Xichang (Huanglianguan) | 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Bangkok (Meixian) | 鴨卵 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 鴨子 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang | 鴨兒子 |
| Huizhou | Fuliang (Ehu) | 鴨兒子, 鴨子 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 鴨蛋 |
| Jin | Pingyao | 鴨蛋 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 鴨子蛋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鴨卵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鴨卵, 太平 |
| Eastern Min | Fuqing | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鴨卵, 鴨母卵 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鴨卵, 鴨母卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鴨卵, 鴨母卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhao'an | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Tamsui) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Pingxi) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Cijin) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung (Dalinpu, Siaogang) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Luodong) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Yilan (Toucheng) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Yongjing) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Tainan (Anping) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Pingtung (Baoli, Checheng) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Penghu (Xiyu) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Longyan | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Zhangping (Yongfu) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Haifeng | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鴨卵 |
| Puxian Min | Putian | 鴨卵 |
| Puxian Min | Xianyou | 鴨卵 |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 鴨卵 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 鴨蛋 |
| Northern Pinghua | Guilin (Dahe) | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Jiading) | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Danyang | 鴨子, 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鴨卵 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 鴨卵 |
| Wu | Jinhua (Tangxi) | 鴨子 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 鴨蛋 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 鴨蛋 |
| Xiang | Quanzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Xiangnan Tuhua | Dong'an | 鴨蛋 |
* (score of zero):
| Variety | Location | Words |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 鴨蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 零蛋, 鴨蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Chifeng | 鴨蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Hulunbuir (Hailar) | 鴨蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Harbin | 零蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Shenyang | 鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Jinzhou | 雞蛋 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 零蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Tangshan | 鴨蛋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Cangzhou | 雞蛋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Baoding | 鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Jilu Mandarin | Jinan | 鴨蛋 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Yantai (Muping) | 零蛋 |
| Jiaoliao Mandarin | Qingdao | 零蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 大雞蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 零蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Shangqiu | 雞蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Zhengzhou | 雞蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xi'an | 零蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Baoji | 雞蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xining | 零蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 零蛋, 大零蛋, 鴨蛋, 大鴨蛋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Yinchuan | 零蛋, 鴨蛋, 大鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Lanzhou | 零蛋, 鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Lanyin Mandarin | Ürümqi | 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 零蛋, 鵝蛋, 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Nanchong | 零光蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 雞蛋, 鴨蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 零寡蛋, 零蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Zhaotong | 零寡蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Dali | 零雞蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 鴨蛋, 雞蛋, 零雞蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Mengzi | 雞蛋 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Liuzhou | 零蛋, 零雞蛋, 鴨蛋, 大鴨蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 鴨蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Yangzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Lianshui | 零蛋子 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nantong | 鴨蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hefei | 零蛋 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Hong'an | 零雞蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 零蛋, 雞蛋, 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | 零蛋, 零雞蛋, 蛋 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong (Kam Tin; Weitou) | 光蛋 |
| Cantonese | Macau | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Panyu) | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 湯圓, 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Shunde) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Sanshui) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 零雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Qianshan, Xiangzhou) | 光蛋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Shangheng, Doumen; Tanka) | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Zhuhai (Doumen) | 光蛋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Baisha) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Enping (Niujiang) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Heshan (Yayao) | 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 鴨蛋, 光蛋, 零蛋 |
| Cantonese | Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 光蛋 |
| Cantonese | Shaoguan | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Yunfu | 零雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Xinyi | 鴨蛋 |
| Cantonese | Lianjiang | 鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Nanning | 零蛋, 鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Wuzhou | 雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Yulin | 鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Cantonese | Hepu (Lianzhou) | 雞蛋, 鴨蛋 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 鵝蛋 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 架架 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 鴨卵 |
| Hakka | Huizhou (Huicheng; Bendihua) | 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Dongguan (Qingxi) | 鴨春 |
| Hakka | Shanghang | 鴨蛋, 零蛋 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 鵝蛋, 紅蛋 |
| Hakka | Guilin (Xiaojiang, Lingui) | 鴨蛋 |
| Hakka | Pingle (Tong'an) | 零春 |
| Hakka | Singkawang | 零鴨春 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 零蛋 |
| Huizhou | Shexian | 鴨子, 零蛋 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 零蛋, 零雞蛋 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 零大豆, 大豆, 零顆子, 零蛋子, 燒餅, 雞蛋 |
| Jin | Linhe | 零蛋 |
| Jin | Jining | 零蛋 |
| Jin | Hohhot | 雞蛋 |
| Jin | Pingshan | 雞蛋 |
| Jin | Zhangjiakou | 雞蛋, 零蛋 |
| Jin | Handan | 鴨蛋, 大雞蛋 |
| Jin | Suide | 零圪蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 鴨嫲卵 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 鴨母卵 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 鴨卵, 鴨母卵, 圓箍仔 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 鴨卵, 鴨母卵, 圓箍仔, 圓箍奶 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 鴨卵, 鴨母卵, 圓箍仔 |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 雞卵 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 鴨卵 |
| Puxian Min | Putian (Donghai, Chengxiang) | 鴨卵圈 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 零蛋, 鴨蛋, 雞蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 零湯糰, 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Songjiang) | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 零蛋, 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 零湯糰 |
| Wu | Wuxi | 零湯糰 |
| Wu | Danyang | 零蛋, 零光蛋 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 鴨蛋 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 屙蛋分, 零蛋分, 零蛋 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 鴨卵 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 零蛋, 鴨卵 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 零巴巴, 圞蛋 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 零坨, 鴨蛋 |

#### Derived terms

* 吃鴨蛋 / 吃鸭蛋 (chī yādàn)
* 風吹鴨蛋殼，財去人安樂 / 风吹鸭蛋壳，财去人安乐
* 鴨蛋圓 / 鸭蛋圆
* 鴨蛋粉 / 鸭蛋粉
* 鴨蛋臉 / 鸭蛋脸
* 鴨蛋臉兒 / 鸭蛋脸儿
* 鴨蛋雖密也有縫 / 鸭蛋虽密也有缝
* 鴨蛋青 / 鸭蛋青
* 鹹鴨蛋 / 咸鸭蛋 (xiányādàn)